# BRITISH PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1208038
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** April 29, 2024
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1208038


## Contact

- **Address:** LANCASTER UNIVERSITY, Philosophy School of Global Affairs, BAILRIGG, LANCASTER
- **Postcode:** LA1 4YL
- **Phone:** 0152465201
- **Email:** admin@bpa.ac.uk
- **Website:** https://bpa.ac.uk/



## Activities

**Objects:** FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, SPECIFICALLY BY THE PROMOTION OF EXCELLENCE IN THE TEACHING OF, STUDY OF, AND RESEARCH IN THE ACADEMIC DISCIPLINE OF PHILOSOPHY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM WITHIN HIGHER EDUCATION AND ALSO WITHIN THE WIDER COMMUNITY.

**Activities:** The BPA seeks to:Promote the study of Philosophy particularly within higher and secondary education, but also within the wider communityAssist professional philosophers in carrying out their teaching, scholarship and research in PhilosophyFoster interest in, and appreciation of Philosophy in the wider communityExpress the views of the community of professional philosophers in Britain




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Fiona Elizabeth Macpherson** | Chair | Feb. 22, 2019 |
| Dr Anne-Marie Kathleen Mccallion |  | Nov. 7, 2025 |
| Dr Derek Henry Brown |  | Sept. 13, 2024 |
| Dr Garrath Williams |  | Sept. 22, 2021 |
| Dr Joshua Ian Forstenzer |  | Sept. 13, 2024 |
| Dr Julian Baggini |  | Sept. 13, 2024 |
| Jonathan Edmund Scott Thomson |  | May 13, 2025 |
| Professor Barry Crawford Smith |  | Sept. 16, 2025 |
| Professor Christian Sophia Grace Chappell |  | Sept. 13, 2024 |
| Professor Fiona Jane Woollard |  | Sept. 13, 2024 |
| Professor Heather Gillian Widdows |  | Sept. 13, 2024 |
| Professor Rosanna Jancis Keefe |  | Sept. 13, 2024 |
| Professor Simon Kirchin |  | May 27, 2014 |
| Robert Christopher Penney |  | Sept. 13, 2024 |




